pete collins wrote:
>
> mysqladmin Ver 7.11 Distrib 3.22.24, for -freebsd3.2 on i386
>
> $ mysqlshow
> mysqlshow: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket
> '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)
>
> i did a find and cannot find this file anywhere.
>
> I have mysql installed on threee other freeBSD boxes and never saw this
> error before?
>
> this file isn't on the other boxes either . . .
>
> it is looking for the sock file but my guess is it has a different name
> and location on freeBSD
>
> any help as to how i can recitfy this problem would be great.
>
> thanks
>
> pete collins
>
can you run mysqladmin show variables, or just connect to the server and
do that?
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